Ok so this year I decided to be a peacock. I also decided to make my costume for the first time. This is my first wearable craft ever & i should mention that my sewing machine is broken so i had to HAND SEW every bit lol.

I found this monstrously ugly 80s dress at a secondhand shop that was the perfect color and form. The back was longer than the front, so it could easily be converted to a tail. I bought it for 3 dollars!

It was originally probably a size 8 or so, (i am a size 20) and had ugly puffy sleeves and disgusting doily-like trim. I had an old blue pillowcase and other fabrics and bias tape, and this is what i came up with:

It's not a very literal looking peacock, its more of an interpretation.BEFORE:

AFTER:the tailfeathers:

I'm going to wear these hairfalls with it, they match the purple trim i put on the dress:(i made them last year, theyre just an addition to my costume..i hope this doesnt violate any rules by posting these, if it does, please feel free to remove this part.)

That's really creative and well done! You did a fantastic job of turning that, that... thing into a beautiful dress. I'm so impressed that you hand-sewed it, too. I'd never even start a project like that w/o a sewing machine.

I saw another woman's peacock costume somewhere on here, I think hers was for burlesque instead of Halloween and you both remind me of the spirit of costumes because peacocks are male and you both are most definitely female! But who would want to dress up as a peahen?

I saw another woman's peacock costume somewhere on here, I think hers was for burlesque instead of Halloween and you both remind me of the spirit of costumes because peacocks are male and you both are most definitely female! But who would want to dress up as a peahen?

yeah i saw hers, it was awesome!

i thought about that peahen thing too, but theyre so plain lol peacocks are def prettier

I saw another woman's peacock costume somewhere on here, I think hers was for burlesque instead of Halloween and you both remind me of the spirit of costumes because peacocks are male and you both are most definitely female! But who would want to dress up as a peahen?

yeah i saw hers, it was awesome!

i thought about that peahen thing too, but theyre so plain lol peacocks are def prettier

Oh. My. God. I love it! Agree with the earlier post that I would wear it after Halloween. I wanted to be a crazy 80s prom goer, but got discouraged because all the dresses were about a size 8, I could never have resized them though, so props to you!